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No Con1lict Between Academic andOccult Science.

Between legitimate occult science and academkscience there should be no confilct D,nd onlysuch contro\'ersy as may lead to closer examina­tions or the premises of both schools. Ji:sl)Cciall~'is this true in re~ard to Rosicrucian science, an:lin the preceding Inl!ltrucUons.wc havc endea\'oredto cite the man)' instances where the teachin::,:Rof the Brotherhod are confirmed by the findingsand conclusions of academic science.

Rosicrucianism, the EgyptianWisdom Teaching.

The Rosicrucian. phUosophy, while oftentermed the "\Vestern Wisdom Religion," mightbe more accurately designated as tile "EJryptianWisdom Teaching." For It is distinctly the cul­tus of the El%yptian Mysteries In contradistinc­tion to the Hindu school. Rosicrucianism, whUedefined In Instruction No. I, as ha\'lng for itRAubJect Man. is in reality, a correlation betweenScience, Religion and PhUosoph)'. and furnishes

• Innumerable points of contact betwecn all three.If thus offers ·a common ground of nssoclationfor nil earnest truth seekers. reJtnl'dlc8s of pre\'i­ous relh:lous or philosophical and present scien­tific affiliations.

Rosicrucianism and Religion Identicalin Purpose.

Roslcruchmism and religion are Identical illpur\)()se. Both seek closer knowledl.!e of Goel.Religion seeks through faith. Rosicrucianismseeks tbrough the demonstrable and revealed evi­dences of his power and actl\'lt~·. f'speclall~'through the stud~' and knowledge of God's im-age.- Man. .

To the truth seeker. regardless of whatevel're1bdous associations he ma~' ha\'e sustained.Rosicrucianism will give a broader outlook 'andconcept of the reven.led evidences of Deity Inthe natural world.

In the Rosicrucian teachIns:s, tile pOPulnr con­ceP~ of Father, Son and Holy Ghost arehroadened tnto a r(>.asonable comprehension oft"At who these exalted beings really are; theIrplncp-. time and present status In e\'olution; th<>t,.relntlonshlns to humanity, and their offices antiresponsibilities thereto.

Rosicrucian Concept of God.God, as popularly conceived by orthodox re­

ligion is seen in the Rosicrucian teachings to bethe Architect of our Solar System. not of the1Tnh-erse, nor ~'et of the Cosmos, but merely anexpression of 11 \'astl)' greater Trinit)'. Ever)'­where in Rosicrucian Science the student findsthe expression or the Trinity, Three in One andOne eX(lresRe<1 In Three.

Father. Son and Holy Ghost form the insepar­able triad of the past e ....olutionary periods of ourearth. The threefold Body, Three-fold Spiritand Three-fold Soul form the trinitarian com­posite known as Man. God, tbe Supreme Being.and finall)' the Absolute compose the TrLntty ofDeific Beings whom the Rosicrucian tenus God.Thus God, as understood by the Rosicrucians, Isnot simply the Creator of our little Solar System,hut the Absolute expressiOJ: In threefold mani­festation, to which man conforms in obedience to

The Smaragdine Tablet.the Hermetic Law, "as above, so below." Thislaw. although found elsewhere In the Hermetic"'riUngs on which Rosicrucianism is fu~damen­tally based. Is also found in amplified form Inthe Smaragdhm Tablet or emerald table found Inthe tomb of Hermes, a ca....e near Hebron, dIs·co\"ererl. accOl'dlng to Albertus Magnus, by Alex­nndel' the Great. The tablet bears thirteen sen·tences In Phoenician characters, Il8 follows:

TIlE Sl\IARAODINE TABLET.

1 I speale not fictitious things, but what Istl'ue and most certain.

2 What Is below Is like that wblch Is above,and what is above is like that which isbelow, to accomplish the miracles of onething.

3 And as all things were produced by themediation of one Being, so all things wereproduced from this one thing by adapta­tion.

4 Its Father is the Sun, its Mother Is theMoon; the Wind carries it in its belly,its Nurse is the Earth.

5 It Is the Cause of all Perfection through·out the whole world.

G Its power 18 perfect if it be changed Intoearth.

7 Separnte the earth from the Fire. thesubtle from the ~ross, acting prudentlyand with judgment.

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the earth to heaven. and then again d~s- a pel'fect Unity and reresent different aspectscend. to the earth. and unite together the of one and the same thing. They are:Ilowers of things superior and things in-ferior. Thus you will obta1n the glory 1 The Crown. Ketherof th~ Whole world. and all obscurity 2 Wisdom. Chokhmallwill, fly far away from you. 3 Intelligence. Blnah

. 9 This thing is the fortitude of ,,11 forti- 4 Love. Chesedtude. because it overcomes all subtle 5 justice. Geburahthings and penetrates every solid thing. 0 Beauty. Tiphereth

10 Thus were all things created. 7 l!'irmness. Netzach11 Thence proceed wonderful adaptations 8 Splendor. Hod

which are produced in this way. 9 Foundation. Yesod12 Therefore am I called Hermes Tr:sme- 10 I{ingdom. Malkuth

gistus. possessing the three parts of the Their evolution is thus explained;-philosophy of the whole world.

13 'I.'hat which I had to say concerning the "\\'hen the Holy Aged. the concealed of alloperation of the Sun. is completed. concealed assumed a form. he produced every­

thing in the fOl"ltl of maie and feniil1~' as' thingsAn exegesis of this tablet belon~s to a later could not continue In any other form. Hence

volume in this series. dealing exclusively with Wisdom. the second Sephirah and the beginning.the Hermetic teachings of the Rosicrucian of development, when it proceeded from the HolyOrder. but the student will see from the lines Aged (i.e.. the First Sephirah) emanated ingiven the close approximation with the esoteric male and female. for Wisdom expanded, nnelteachings of all genuine world religions. Intelligence, the third Sephirah, proceeded from

1t, and thus were obtained male and female,The Kabbalah. viz. Wisdom the father and Intelligence the

Neither is Rosicrucianism a form of Kab- mother. from whose union the other pairs ofballsm or the study of the Kabbalah. (Qabbalah, Sephiroth successively emanated." (Zohar. iii.Cabala, etc.) exclusively as SUCh. A study of 290.) These two .opposlte potencies. the mascu­the Kabbalah is included in Its general inqulr;}' line Wisdom anel the feminine Intelligence.

Sephh'oth Nos. 2 and 3. are joined together byinto the esotericism of religious thought. as r~ the first potency. the Crown, or Sepllirah No.1;vealed by the study of Comparative Religion, th i Id th fi ttl d f h S hi ibut KabbaUsm is not made an integral part of ey y eel'S r a 0 t e ep rot c de-the Rosicrucian philosophy. Roslcruciani~m cade, and constitute the divine head of the

archetypal man.originated among the sacerdotal castes of an-tiquity, and attained its fullest development hi Evolution 01' the Sephiroth.the pel'son of ..C.R.C.... of whom more will besaid in the final Instruction. From the junction of Sephiroth Nos. 2 and

Since the Christian era however and until 3 emanated the masculine potency I.,ove orearly in the present centur3'. exoteric Roslcru- Merc~' (4) and the feminine potenc3' Justicecianism hali been composed almost cxt'lllsivcl)' (5). nnd ft'om the junction of the two latterof monastic brethren. many of its Initiates ha\'- emanated again the uniting potenc;}' Beaut~'ing been Abbotts. Bishol>S. and. it is believed (0). Beaut,}'. the sixth Sephirah. constituteson excellent historical e\'idence, one a Pope. the chest in the Ilrchet3'pal man and unites

The study of the Kabbalah, while a I>art of Lovc (4) and Justice (5). which constitute thethe strict Rosicrucian cUl·rlculum. is however, divine arms. thus yielding the second triad ,)fexcellent when taken in connection with a criti- the Sephlrotic decade. From this seconJcal exegesis of Hermeticism. and this plan the conjunction emanated again the masculinemodern· Brotherhood in the Outer follows to a potency FlrmnesR (7) and the femine po-conRiderable extent. . tenc;}' Splendor (8), which constitute the di-

The Kabbalah is not easy to sum up in out- vine legs of the archetypal man; and thes.)line. The word "Kabbalah" denotes first, "re- sent forth Foundation (9). which is the genitalcaption." then "received by tradition." and by organ and medium of union between them.the ancient Jews was applied to the whole of thus yielding the third triad in the .Sephirotictheir religious doctrine with the exception of decade. Kin#tdom (10) which emanated fromthe Pentateuch; and included the Prophets. tho the ninth Sellhirah. encircles all the other nine.Hagiographa and the oral traditions of the inasmuch as it is the Schechinah. the divineMishnah. halo. which enconlf)asses the whole b3' Its all-

Kabbalism treats of the nature of Deity, Cos- glorious presence."mogonv. the Dh·ine Emanations or SEPHIROTH,creation of Angels anel Man, their Destiny andRevealed Law. Acording to the Kabbalah, Godis conceived as BoundlCl'lf1 'Being. abo\'e every­thing. and called En Soph. He is the space ofthe universe, but the universe is 1l0t his space.

._~..The Non-existent Desires to l\lanifest.•

Ezekiel's Vision.ThcNe ten Sel>hh'oth. termed the \\'Ol'ld of

EmllDlltlons, are also called the Pl·lmol·dial.Archetypal or Hea\'enly 1\Ian. and It Is thisfm'm that is said to have been seen by thePro()het li:7.ekicl in the mystel'ious chariot.(E7.elc. i. 1-28.)

In this state of boundlessness He cannot bcdescribed In wordE! or comprehended by the In- The Three '\Vorlds.tellect. and as such He was. in a certain sense.AYIN. the non-existent. (Zohar. iii. 283.) To The three triads represent respectively themake His existence manifest En Soph had to .\ Intellectual World.become acth'c and creatiT'e. This invoh'ed In- n Moral or Sell/mous ',""orld.tention, desire, thought and work, and as thelle c Material \\'orld.conditions belons;- to the finite. En Soph had to In the Sephirotic or archetypal man, thebecome operath'e through ten Seohiroth or In- Sephlroth on the right side are masculine andtellh;ences emanating from him like rays. represent Severity, Those on the left are femi-

The desire to become manifest. and contle- nine and represent Mercy. The four centralquently the desire for and Idea of creation. Sephlroth represent the principle of Mildness.was co-eternal with Deity. and the first ema-nation or manifestation of the primordial will AdaIn, the l\licrocosnl.is called the First Sephlrah.

I,'rom the hea\'enl3' Adam (i.e. the Sephil'otb)Order of the Sephiroth. was created the earthly Adam. the Microcosm.

This Is the merc.qt alceletal digest of theThis First Sephirah. or substance which ex- conmlex and involved philosophy of the Kab­

lated in Deity from eternity, contained nine halah. of which both the Sepher Yetzlrah andother Intelligences 01' Seohh·oth. These again the Sel>hcl' Dtzenloutha are treated hlstoric:>llytherefore. emanated one from the other. second and exegeticall~' In the regulaI' degrees of thefrom the first. third from the second. continu- FlrNt Grade in the 'York of the nrotherhood ining in this manuel' up to ten, America.

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Buddha's Summary.Duddha summed up bis whole doctrine In

one gatha or verse,-

Sabba papassa akaranamKusalassa upasnmpadaSachitta pal"iyo dapanam­Etam Buddhanusasanam.

"To cease from all evil actions,To genel'ate all that is good.To cleanse one's mind:This is the constant ad,-ice of the

Buddhas."

The Four Noble TnIths.Our ignorance may be dispelled by the knowl­

edge of the "l<'OUU NODLE TRUTHS. Theseare:-

1 "The miseries of evolutionary existenceresulting in births and deaths, life afterIlfe,

2 The cause, producth'e of misery, whichis the selfish desire, ever renewed. ofsatisfying one's self, without being ableever to secure that end.

3 The -destruction of that desire, or theestranging of one's self from it.

4 The means of obtaining this destructionof desire.

Synonymous 'Vith RosicnIcianTeachings.

ThC'se teachings of the Buddha as just cited,are the clearest possible statement of the teach­ings of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. Rosi­crucianism teaches that the greatest value tohumanlt~· lies in the knowledge of the secretof man's existence and destiny: it seeks toshorten involuntary incarnations by knowledge;it teaches that this process can be aft'ectedonl~·. thl'ough Right Thought, Right Action,Right Feeling and Right Living, exactly illcomplete accord with the precepts of the Nobl~Eight Fold Path. And Rosicrucianism agreedabsolutely with Buddha's own summary of Illsdoctrine.

The Noble Eight-Fold Path.The conquest o'-er self and desire is to be

accomplished through the Noble Eight-folJPath, the eight parts of which are called"angas." The~' are:

1 Right Belief, (As to the Law of Causa-tion, or Karma),

2 night Thought,3 Right Speech,4 Right Action,5 Right Means of Livelihood,(l Right Exertion,7 HiRht Remembrance and Self Discipline,8 HIght Concentration of Thought.

Salvation, l\leans Emancipation."The man who keeps these angas in mind and

follows them will be free from sorrow and ulti­mately reach salvation, which in this casemeans emancipation."

~ ffiTetrngrammaton. 'Vhat Is l\lost Valuable.

I'robably the feature of the entire Kabbalah COl'respondinO'ly that which Is most valuablethat has made the greatest Impression on both to humanity is to learn the secret of man'sJewish and Inter scholars is the Tetragrama- existence and destiny, and to be able to esti.ton, the Hebrew name of Deity; Yod, He Vnu H~ mate -Ilfc and its relations at their true value.expressed in four letters, IHVH. The tr~c TIlus may we not only attain the greatest hal)­pronounciation is known to but few and the_e piness but an>id causing all possible suf[eringare at least twenty dif[erent mystical pro- to our fellow-men.nounclations extant. It Is the "secret, sacred,unpronounceable name" to the devout Hebrew.It is capable of twelve transpositions which allconvey the meaning of "to be" and these twelvetranspositions are said to correlate with thes~ns of the Zodiac. They are; IHVH, IHHV,IVHH, HVHI, HVIH, HHIV, VHHI, VIHH,VHIH, HIHV, HIVH, HHVI. There are alsothree other tetragrammatlc names, AHIH (Ex­istence, Eheieh) ADNI, (Adonai, Lord) andAGLA (Agla, this last a notarikon of the t.l€n­tence, AThH GBVR LOVLM ADNI, Ateh, GebOl'Leolahm Adonai; "Thou art mighty forever, 0Lord."

Arcane societies have assumed to find in theTetragrammaton the so-called "Lost Word," or"Creative Word_" Its letters embody the hu­man form,

IHVH

interesting, but affords a deep insight into theesotericIsm of the ancient sacred writings ar.ddiscovel's the basis of many mediaeval antimodern concepts regarding cosmogony, the Rosi­crucian finds of more practical value in assis­tance toward llving the definite life, withoutwhich true spiritual progress Is impossible, theteachings of Buddha; not the Theosopblcal in­terpretations, but his original utterances,

\Vhnt Buddha Enjoined.Fh'st of aU. in full agreement with the

Charge given to e"cr~' Neophyte in the Rosi­crucinn Ordel" Buddha tllUght that we mustnot believe a thing merely because it bas beensaid, nor In traditions merely because the)'have been hllDded down from antiquity, nol'rumors as sucb, nor writings by sages, merelybecause sages wrote them, nor In fancies thatwe may suspect to have been inspired, norfrom Inferences drawn from som~ haphazardassumption we may have made, nor because ofwhat seems an analogical necessity; nor on tbemere authorit)· of our own teachers or masters.We should beUe,"e only wben our own reasonand consciousness corroborates the writing, doc­trine or saying.

Menning of the Term Buddha.The word Buddha means the "Enlightened,"

or one who has attained the l)erfect wisdolll.While Gnutama Siddartha Is known as thegreatest, there ha""e been man~' Buddhas. Ac­cording to the old teaching. a Buddha is onewho becomes so imbued with the desire anildetermination to be such, that he begins atonce to live the life that results eventuaU.v inhis 1'etul'n to earth In a latel' incarnationfitted to guide humanity In some cycle adaple:l(01' special spiritual re,'elation and manifesta­tion.

How Buddhahoo() Is Attained.Those who determine ul)On the attainment of

lluddhahood 8trh'e not only throughout thelife eXI)ression in which their determination ismade, hut also tbroughout all succeeding In­carnations to subdue every passion. gain wis­dom from experience and develop the bbtherfaculties. Sucb an one thus grows wiser.nobler in character and stronger in virtue birthaftel' birth, until he finally reacbes tbe sta"e Buddhism and RosicnIcianisrn BOTHwhen he can become the "Perfected,"-En-lightened. All-wise, The Teacher. Teach Positivity.

Further than this. Buddhism and Roslcrucian-Ignorance. Ism parallel each other In tbelr admonitions to

BuddhiRm teaches that innorancc causes most cultivate POSfTIViTY, NOT NEGATIVITY.suft'et'ing because it makeR us prize that which uTo CCQ.JlC from sin" may be desirable. but it isis not worth prizing. gl'leve for that which paflsivit)·. But (to get virtue" is a POSITIVEshould not call forth grief, esteem as relll Ihe AC'l.'ION, and Duddha taught that we- shou'"unreal and illmdonary and thus waste our lives not merely be not evil. but that we should bein the pursuit of un\VorUl~' purposes and objects. POSITIVELY good,"

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ffi-------------·-------~, The .....ve Observances. Sakya Munl and Meditation.

Upon the Buddhist laity are enjoined the Sakya Munl (Buddha) taught that RightFIVE OBSERVANCES or universal precepts, Meditation leads to spiritual e.nlightenment. orwhich all faithful Buddhists repeat pUblicly at the Buddha-like faculty that Is Inherent illthe Vlharas. every man. and Rosicrucianism asserts that to

1 I observe the precept to refral,n from whoso Is willing to "live the life." the strenu-destroying the life of beings. ous strh'ing for self-control of all physical and

2 I observe the precept to refrain from mental conditions that enthrall mankind to ma-stealing. terlallsm. wl11 come spiritual enlightenment ,re-

3 I observe the precept to refrain from gardless of school., unlawful sexual intercourse. _m .... RosicMlclanism Agrees \Vlth All

4 lal::~~~~ the precept to refrain from Religious Fundamentals.5 I observe the precept to abstain from With the fundamentals of all world religions

using Intoxicants. RosicrUCianism is In Unity. This does not meanthat it endorses all the foibles of so-calle:!

Karma Inescapable. "Churchlanity." With the man-made doctrinesThe close analogy between the Five Observ- of sah·aUon. redemption, justification, etc., it

ances and the Ten Commandm~ts of Mosaic has naught to do. There is a real salvationLaw Is obVious. Rosicrucianism and Buddhl::m and redemption and they ha"e been explained inare again at one In their insistence that evel'." the foregoing Instrucdons, but with the Inven­man receives under the operations of unerringtlons of an inconstant theology that Is obligedKarma, "exactly that reward or punishment to change to meet the progressional develop­which he has deserved, no more, no less. No ment of the human -mind and the advancementgood deed or bad deed, however trifling and of science Itoslcrueianism has no commonhowever secretly committed, escapes the evenly ground.balanced scales of Karma, which is a causu- Theological Salvation and Redemptiontion operating on the moral as well as on the U ablphysical and other planes. Buddhists say Ulcl'e nten e.is no miracle in. human affairs; what a man Theological salvation is untenaWe. for no hu-sows, that must and will he reap." man soul could be eternally lost if it even d2­

sired to be. Salvation being untenable, re-Meditation. dcmptlon belongs to the same category. Ru-

Rosicrucianism teaches with Buddhism the manity exists In and of the Being of itsgr?atvalue of meditation as the process by which one Parent. the Absolute, and no part of the ALLextinguishes passion and attains knowledge, can e\'er possibly be lost. All is 'n the ALL,Meditation has' two broad general dlvisions:- and the ALL is in all.

There is a True Science of the Soul.Samatha,'.rhe attcnuatlon of passion by lClldin:; Yet with the ChUl'ch, as Elhe was beforethe holy life and by continued cffort to Oecumenical Coullcils wrought ha,-oc with hu-subdue the senses. man fredom of thought and before the personal

Vldarsama. ambitions of human leadcrs fettered her pro-The attainment of supernormal wi!:!- gress In her divine misl:JloJl, the Brotherhooddom by refleetion: each. of tbesc dl- has much In common. 1l0sicrucianisJn teac/~eJlvisions embraces twenty aspects. that .there i8 a t1'ue science oJ the 'soul JU8t a8

Four Other Paths. the,'c u a true 8cience oJ the body. and there Is,, a well defined method of guiding and correcting

The practice of meditation and the pre:eptc; soul growth, just as there is a correspondingand observances, leads to four other paths :-- method of guiding and checking bodily growth.

1 Sotapatti, ' Ro Iii d th S tsThe beginning or entering into which s crnc an sm an eacraDlen.follows after one's clear perception of In this proccss of soul growth, Rosicruclan-the Four Noble Truths. Ism asserts the Importance of the Seven Sacra-

2 Saka,rdagaml, ments of Holy Church as definite channelsThe path of one who has subjugated tbrough wbich spiritual power may enter Into.lusl, hatred, and the delusion that be nollt'lsh, sustain and dcYelop the growing soulneed only return once to this worll1. of the aspirant.

3 Anagami,The path of those who have so far Thirty-three Sacraments.conquered self that they need not l'e- Thl:'! is true to such an extent, that not onlyturn to this world. Is Eloul growth taught In the Degrees of the

4 Arhat. l'~xoterlc and Esoteric side of the Orde:-. butThe path of him who Is free from the the benefit of the Sacramental System is alsonecessity of re-illcarnatlon, and has offered In the established Holy Orders of thecapacitated himself to enjoy perfect Imrely religious side of the Brotherhood in thewisdom, boundless pity for the ignorant Outer as well. For the Hosicrucian Sys~em,and suffering, and measureless love recognizing the true value of Sacraments asfor all beings. external, outwal'd visible manifestations of in-P 1 T tati ward spiritual grace, has a well deft,ned cod~

ersona ransmu on. of 'l'hh.ty.three Sacraments, similar to those of'YUh all these teachings, Rosicrucianism Is In the Greek Occult Church.

thorough accord, and regards the active prose· At the present time. although universit~·cutton of these developmental processes, moral chairs are endowed for the purpose oC teachingand ethical. as actually producing PHYSICAl. it, there is no real Ps~'chology.results as well, Cor It is impossible to raise thevibrational tone or status of the spiritual self Psychology R Misnomer.without correspondingly raising the vibrational The prooC of this statement is seen In thestatus of the physical body as well. This com- meaning of the term itl'lClf. "Psychology"plete process the Rosicrucian terms personal menns "Soul knowledge or Soul Wisdom." S')-TRANSMUTATION. called pS~'chology deals with everything BUT

Another Point of Oontact. the ROUI. It treats speculaU"ely with the "Me,"the "I," the Consciousness, the Senses. Reflexes,

And even here, the close relationship or point the Mentallt~·, ctc" but It lets the soul scverel~'of contact between Rosicrucianism and true alone. and it is well that it does, for the timeBuddhism continues, for against the Rosicru- is not yet when the soul and Its spiritualclan concept of Cosmic Root Substance associations and relations has become a matterBuddhism places the doctrine, "All things are of authorltath'e text-book study. Spirltud,1made of one essence (Swabhava) yet thlng~ thlnJ:s are to be dlscer~ed only in ONE way.­are different according to the forms which they SPIRITUALLY, and to discern them means 0.assume under different impressions'" ,long I)eriod of spit'itual devclopment.

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Spiritual ,Scienco Comes ]·'irst.'1'he search for the Phllosollher's Stone is ono

which hns CIlJ.:a).:oo the minds o[ n considerablenumber of the worlel's 1lI0Rt brilliant thinker>lI.hl'ou,:!l(lul 11I1111)' n~es, It Is a search resultiu!;(1'011I a true Illner knowled;.:e of basic facts 1lll'I(ulI<lalllentul laws OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCEFfNS'/', nUil Mllterlnl S(~lcnce secolUlnrlly,

Rosicrucians and The Philosopher'sStone.

!lo.'licl·uclul1!l lire necn"ed or beill'.!: a credulous'Bect de\-oled to the chlmcrll of seeking: a stonethat will "I'nisc" haser met.nls to hh;her onCK,''rills Is called "secklug the PHILOSOPHER'lj.S'1'ONJ':." '1'he Hoslcrucinns arc quite content tolet Nuch cl'illcs remain 111 filII cnjO}'IIHmt of theJ';lllis(actioll lhnt may come to them from hln'lngIIr"rrcrcd tlll~lr opinions, Such criticism nl!lOCOlllelol from tile f)Ce\'i8hness of the dlsnplloilltedones who arc ullable to make progre.'lS loward lhofllsco\'er.r of the true Slone thcmseh'eS, nnd U\(lll,·ellt. their dlsaJlpoinlment 011 those who "re!u:-eto ~I\'e them the formuln."

EUl'th-oound Astl'als Not Desll'ubleAssociu,tcs.

Our c.,rth region Is too close to thc lowerAstl'llis to mllke It prudent for 8 sensitive Indi­vidual to submit to the contnct wilh earth-boun...entities, and nUU1)' II time th:."! In\'oluuttlry rr.edlumelltertl\ins spirituall)' those whom he would nb·hoI' III physicul life, Obsessions of Il mnlignllntchnrllcter threatcn tho"e who tlef}' this principleand 1J.;llol'e Ihe warnings of those who IIlll}' be Inu position to 1.lIow. -

II: 18 possllJle, anti In [ull lLccord with naturlll,cOIU.tl"llcth'e Inw!:'!, [or Ii:VEIU: Indlvldunl to de­veTor' 80MI': lIegree o( spiritual sengilldt}· andin"i).:hl if the.\· lire willing to kccp lit It pcrsi~·tonti," and llllfnlllllgl)' 10uJ,: ellough, But rellldevelollment IIICIIIlS n complete tran!:'!llIuttltJoll ofthc physic;11 "rlrllctlll'e liS well liS the spirittl:l!"chlclcs and It is not Ilccolllll!ished flulckl)' norwithout e[(ol't lIlid endurance,

In this (IUCi:lt, the victor III hc who perslst<;[nlthfully to the cnd, and to such come the re­wnrd of knowing at first hand, tlte \'erltlea ofthe life unsccn.

The Affirnlatlons.'Ye lilliI'm:

1 Tile existence of One Infinite !ntelllJ;Cllce,OllllJlflc, . Omniscient, nnd Omnipotent InIts [unctions; from which we eumnntedus unconscious spirit IHlbst.'l.nce UIHJ. towhich we ret.urn liS COIll'cious, 1I1tll\'idll-ull~ed Elltlties. '

2 'rhe Incnrnntloll of Ole Spirit in \':s:lJleform or l\lntter, to be for .the pUrl)o:'!e of1!::ot:lleL'ience.

3 'I'hut all Life Is COlltillUOUS, WIUlOlIt Be·ginning and without Ending: Evoiutiolllli.In IL constaJltl}' llsceudlng scale of Pro-gression, .

4 '1'hat the ],fortal may ntulin t:l thekllowledge or Ule Spiritual whilc yet In·carnllte,

5 The Truth of Ue-Incarmltlon as n faclorIn lhe Soul's g,'olutiOIl:tr;r I-'rO).:I'e81<,neC(!:"folary as man}- timOil as 11I11)' he I'e'(Iuired for lhe Asslmllnlion of the Rc­(Iuh;ite Experience.

In the personal J;uldance of Ule Ordcr. dire':'lions lIrc ~Ivcn for Conccntrllllon, J\(o:lItntlon,Conl'elllj}lnlioll. Pl'n}'el', Dictcl'icH, gxcl'c!!le. RCi't,Vltnllty. Henllll).: lIud finally 811il'itulli Tnslghtand LIDI~nAT10N_

H)'J3Ilotlsm. ForOiflden.The culti\"fltion, simi)' or prnctice of hn-HIO­

tiS1l1 1M especinlly prohilJited to Frater;.c of theUrotherhood, elthcr n8 a llIenus of o.llle..tnlll­mcnt, henlins or lUI In'enue to possible chlin'O}"IlllCC. 'Vhlle the lLcndclllic stud}' of h}'llIlot·SlllIs usoful to the student, the stud}' of thl",Jlower for perJ'lollal prnctice Is In strict oPPoill·lion to the tCllchlng:s of the Order. lu e,'ery '.1'he PhHosojlhel"s Stone a. FAar,Cllse ot h}'pnotlc COlltrol the operntor project:'! ndefinile portion of his etheric \'ehlcle into that Not n, Theor)'.of his Nubject (or \'Ictlm) lLnd there IT RE· '1'he PhUololollher's Stone Is n FAC'I', not al\lAINS. This rcsnlL'4 In II unlOll o[ knrmlc thoor}', nnd somc hll\'e pro\,en It to their entireconditions, pre\'enls the subject from future l'llltlsfnetion /tud the j:::ood of humanll}', but lhosesuprelllll control nnd exercll>e of his froo-will who have suc(:-eeded hn\-e nJso entered Into theand d008 Incalculable harm lo the pro).:rcss or (ull recognition and ncceptallCC of the law thntboth ggos, It harlllS him who opernt.cB an(1 makes its COlllprehenslon II Illalter of personal at-him who Is opel'uted upon. 111 medlcnl pl·actlce tllllllLlcnt. r-;'c,'erthelel:ll:l, thoNe who have nttnine'!allaegthet!c><. suggcstlve thel'lLp)' llIHI ll><.\'ch<l- rue \llldel' nllolher Inw which compels thelll to:t.naly>lls will 1Limost illvnriabl}' accolllI.Jh;;h the IIld all legltlnmle efforts on the pnrt of sincereresults 80ught othcrwlse b)' h),I'notiSIll, sc('kers following after them,

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Fot' Dc\'clopnlcnt. Neither Is the cultlYation or practice of 80-\Vlllle IlUWY bool;:s purport to otTer unfnU:ng called medlulll~hlp permlSlllblc, for the t:uch.!ngs

methods (or per8on.nl SI)lrltunl develOjlment, of the Hoslcruclan Brotherhood are dlrccte:t to-1I0llO hn\'o ever boon nutborltlllln~ly sct forth ward tho dC\'clopmcnt of POSITIVE, INDE·I);\-' the HoslcrucltlU Brotherhood, for the Hlmllle rENDENT SPIHI<t'(IAL INSIGHT. the full, free.rCo."lSOll Ulnt. It would be impogslble to do so. and complete exorcise of the spiritual faculties];:,"cry human beins's development is a stricti). indel)ClUdentl)' of nny forl1l of ps:rchlc "control"I)crsonal problem and must be guided b)' as or obsC!ssion. 'J'his lallC!r is just I\S harmful tocareful diagnosis us a physlcluu would lIlake the subject or !ll\'oluntnr;r medium or I)sychlc asfor ph)'slcal treatment, Failure to recognh:'! h}'JHlOtiC control, and is, In awn}', ulmostthis Is wh)' so mnny become menUlll}' dernllged ideuUcnl Wllh It, the h}'pnotlc operator In thisIn tr)'ln(; to follow gonoral ud\'lces plIbl:ahe:l case being the ullseen spirit or entlt}' o[ whomIII easily procured volumes, the sulJject has 110 1I10re knowledge than he

woui(l have or n strauger 011 the stre2t. OneGiven Only in the SOCI'et 'Vode, certnlnly would not bid It totnl stranger Into his

In the Secret \Vork of tho Orolherllood a3 dL'uwlllg room, ullaunOUlleed, or without proporconducted III America. personal de\'elopment 18 credeutlals. IIcllhcr should he pormit his mentalmade nil Individual stud}'. The work l)r8etlce, snnctorum to be io\'nded b}' stili lIIore sub:le,nnd study of each nsplrnnt is cltrefull}' IlHLPIH,'<1 elnsh'e. Insidious and sometimes mnll,!:nunt en-out and dall}' record charts of progrc8.J pre. tltlep; from the hn'islble worlds, for dead men llrQpared IUld prcsen'ed, It Is well knowll Hlllt In lIot nlwa}-" good men, In fnet a dl!nd man 50-medical work whnt Is one person's Slllvntioll call<'l:1 11'1 often [or a time not quite ns etlicielltmn}" be ltnother llerl:WIL'S denth and J)rl..'8crlp- us n living 1111111.tions nrc not trunsCerlible. So It Is In Hph'itUIl!developl1lell t.

Aside from the general rulos foL' rlghl IIvllll;Ulinkln&" nnd nctln,!:, when it comes to 8lJec:lflcde".eloplnentnl work, the temllCrnmenl, mentalcharacteristics, personal traits, weakUet>l80S aswell as strength. ambitions fulfilled or unful·I1l1ed, must be cnrefull}' studied by a competentTeacher. No nil-Inclusive fOrlllllllls for de\'eloll­lIlent Clll1 be gh-en out, Each cnse ILIUl'lt: b~

IndlyldunJ.

D.'othel'hood 0llCll '.1'0 All.The doors o[ the Brotherhood lire Ol)ell wide

to all who knocl., 011 the [ol1owin~ ba~bt orn;.c;.cocialioll, expl'e,,-"'e,1 III the f01'1I\ of Ilclillitenllirmntlons;

Tcstbnony of Scripture.

Rosicrucianism Is Pl'ogressive.

Uoslcrucianl.ml is at once a progressive sci­en('e. a progre>l~ive philosophy and a progres­sive rellgion, Orthodox rellglon Is content toaccept the Bible mOl'e or le....s IItera1l3'·. Thus itbegins with n materialistic traditional accountof the first man Adam and ends with Reve-ill'tion, the greatest re\'elation of which Is thea8toundlng seeming fact that out of all thehill Ions of human beings who have peopled thIsplan<.-t, onl;)' 144,000 are to be saved,

The .144,000 Explained.Number of the Beast.

Can tlle Philosopher'S Stone be atta:ned ?Henr what Holy Scripture saith:-

To him that overcometh will I give to eatof the Tl'ee of Life, which Is in the midstof the Paradise of God,

"To him that overcometh will I give toeat of the hidden Manna, and will givehim a White Stone, and in the Stone a newname written, which no man knoweth sav­ing he that receiveth it. .

"And he that overcometh and keepeth myworks unto the end, to him will I givepower over-the nations; an:! he shall rulethem with a rod of Iron; I1S the vessels ofa potter shall they be broken In shiverseven as I received from my Father, And Iwill give him THE MORNING STAR,

"He that overcometh the same shall beclothed In \Vhite Raiment And I wlll notblot out his name out of the Book of Life.Behold I come quickly: hold fast thatwhich thou hast that no man take thyCnOWN,

"Him that overcometh will I make a pillarIn the 'I.'emple of my God, and he shall no

. more go out; and I will write upon h'm the1I11111e of 111\' God-nnd the nnme of the cityof Ill;)' God: which Is New Jel'usalem, whichcometh down out of heaven from my God;nnd I will write upon him my new name,

"Behold I stand at the door and knock, andif any man hear m)' voice and open thedoor I will come in with him, and supwith him, and he with me.

'And to him that overcometh will I grantto sit with me in my throne, even as Ialso overcame, and am set down with myFather in his throne,

"They, then, who have been fortunate enoughto pel'fect this work, havin~ received s:> much~race from the Father of Lights as to obtainthis Inestimable gift of 'Wisdom Divine, whatmore on earth should they desire, but that itmay alweys be applied aright In obedience tothe Dh'ine 'Viii, for the benefaction of mankindami vindication of true virtue?"

\Vhat Our Father Hermes Saith.

This gh'es a clue to the proper comprehensionof the elements, but not as they are commonlyunderstood; non cOf'poraliter it must be under­stood. sed SlJtritualiter et sapienter. not corpor­all~' but spirituali;\' and wisely, The propertiesand atb'lbutes of lJulversal Silirit are ab­strusely included in all existence amI are to beunderstood only by its own intimate anall/siRand introverted light.

Our Father Hermes, in his Golden Treat:seconcerning the Physical Secret of the Philoso­pher's Stone, saith,-"Through long years, Ihave not ceased to experiment, neither have Ispared any labor of mind; and this science andart I lUl.\'e obtnlned BY THE INSPIHAT.lON 01"THE LIVING GOD ALONE, WHO JUDGi!:D FI'CTO OPEN THJ<JM TO ME HIS SERVANT. '1.'0those enabled by reason to judge of truth Hebas given power to arbitrate but to NON~ OC­CASION OF DELINQUENCY,

"F01' myself, I had never discovered this mat­ter to anyone, had it not been from fear of theday of judgment, and the perdition of my soulIf I concealed it. IT IS A DEBT WHICH I AMDESIROUS OF DISCHAUGE TO THE FA.ITH­P'UL, AS THE AUTHOR OF OUR' FAITH DIDDEION TO BESTOW IT UPON ME,

"Understand ye then, 0 sons of Wisdom, thatthe knowledge of the four elements of the an­cient philosophers was not corporally or im­prudently sought after, WHICH Ani!:THUOUGH PA'l'IENCE TO BE DISCOVEU~DACCORDING TO THEIR CAUSES AND THEOCCULT OPEHATIO~. F01' their operation isoccult, since nothing is done except it be com­pounded and because it Is not perfected unlcJsthe colors be thoroughly passed and accom­plished,

Not Corporally, But Spiritually.

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to conclude then, is Light essentiallzed artl-The bibliography of Alchemy and Hermeticism tichl.lly in its proller· substance, and exalted by

is replete with apparently meaningless phrase- fermentation Into an inunutable magnet, abl2ology, Intended to conceal rather than to re\'eal, to draw and con¥ert the radIcal homogeneity oryet perfectly understood by those who seek 11r8t Natul'e into its own R8similath'e accord,"the slliritual Insight_ The search for the Phi­losopher's I::Jtone is the obedience to the scrip­tural admonition, "SEEK YE li'IRS'..r 'J.'H!!}KINGDOM OF GOD, AND ALL THEI::J!!}THINGS SHALL BE ADDIlJD UNTO YOU,"

Charge. to Neopbyt.es.

E\'cry noslcruclan Neoph;)·te will rememberthese \vords,-"Therefore, in your inquiries andreachlngs into .the deep mysteries of Nature, learnfirst to know WHAT THINGS YOU HAVEWITHIN YOURSELF, BEFORE YOU SEEKINTO I.'OREIGN MATTERS WITHOUT TH!!:M,AND BY THE DIVINE POWER WITHIN YOU,FIRST HEAL YOUR OWN SELF AND TRAN8­MUTE yo.UR OWN SOUL, THAT YOU MA~ GJON PHO:SPEROUSLY AND :SEEK WITH GOOOSUCCE:SS THE MYSTERIES AND WONDEH8OF GOD IN ALL NATURAL THINGS," Andagain,-

"I aWnonish thee therefore that desirest todelve iuto the lnnerniost parts of Nature. iJ tllat10hich thou. seekest thou ftndest not within thl/­ReI!.. thou wilt never find It without thee."

The Inllerrnost Chamber of Life.

"Our Mercur~'," says the wise Scbollast, "isphtloRophic. fler)', vital, running. which may bemixed with other metals and again sepal'lltedfrom them. It Il'I prepared in the INNERMOS'..rCHAMBER OF LIFE, AND THERE IT l\IAYBE COAGULATED, AND WHERE :M:ETALHGROW THERE TH:my MAYBE FOUND. EVENIN THE ULTIl\{ATE AXLE OF EACH CRE­ATED LIFE,"

Ap, a matter of fact this statement meansthat AJ.L HUMANITY IS to be saved, Th~<.-~otel'ic truth IR revenloo by the slgniflcan('e ofthe numerical ,'aluations of letters, Occultstudents see nine distinct la;)'ers In the earth'scrust as differentiated from the many clasl'lift­cation~ of academic geology_ There are n'neInitiations, Nine iR the number of our e\'olu­tionar;)' ~tatuK, The ancient Hebrews had nonumeral!'!. but each of their letters had It.numerical valuation. Thel"efore In reading He- Ibl'ew it is cqually iml)ortant to understand the

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"Agassiz" Table.

Od Force.Electricity an Entity.

This Divine Breath will sometime be foundto be vastly more than a mel'e phenomenon ofoccult science. At present it is used more oftenin a metaphorical sense with little realizationof its true Importance, NC\'ertheless, the Di­\'ine Breath In 1{OEliCl'ucllln science Is tile "Pl'im­ordial Jt~lectric Entity," for Roslcruc~anlsrnteaches that Electricity IS an Entity, and "elec­trifieH into life, and separates primordial stulT(Cosmic Root Substance) or pregenetic matterinto atoms, themselves the source of all Ufe andconllciousness." "There exists a universalAGENT UNIQUE of all forms and of life, thlitis called Od, Ob, .and Aour,. active and passive,positive. and n~atlve, like day and nls;lit: It isthe first light in Crea·lion (Ellphas Levi)-the"first light" of the primordial Elohirn, theAdam, "male and female," or (scientificall;r)Electricity and Life."

ClOd is the pure IIfe-gh'ing Light. 01' magneticfiuid; Ob the meElsenger of death used bysorcerel'S, the ncrm'lous evil fiuid; Aour Is thes)'nthe~is of the two, Astral Light l>roper."

Ol'tho<1ox I"eligion be~il1l~ with the traditionalaccount of n mythical personage. Itosicruclan­I..m ~ins It.. Eltudy of man, asine from prim­ol'dil,1 cosmological processes. with the actualtlcale of his evolutlonal progress, Agassiz ~Ivesthe following ~enerallzatlon which the Rosicru­cian student closely follows:-

Ignorance the Greatest Sin.

Ignorance rna)' be called the greatest sin.And this is "the sin against the Holy Ghost"which will not be forgiven in this world norIn the world to come (Matt. xll-31). Holy, i e.,sacred or DiVine, and Ghost, (Sax. Gust), sig­nify to the Rosicrucian the Divine BreaU' orIntelligence breathed Into the earliest forms ofprimordial life by the Divine Intelligence, de­veloping, assimilating, guiding and unfoldingthrough all the developmental forms of evol.,.­ing life up to man's ·.present supreme status inthe evolutionary scale. To blaspheme thisHoly Guardian Angel or Divine Inner Self bythe blindness of Ignorance or the failure to,realize that our physical senses are but theavenues through which we contact exterior con­ditions, and to suborn our Inner guidance t:>the fallibility of sense perception. ignoring rea­son succumbing to - the lure of sensualh:m Isthe true "sin against the Holy Ghost."

Tile '\'orld Soul.

Only Ceremonies of Proven ValueRetained.

Outward Acceptance.

Hight up to the present moment, almONt,science bas been relying on the expensh"e, oftencomplicated apparatus used in the applicationof the Roentgen Rays or "X-Ra~'!l" for medicalexamination. Yet we have now disco\'el'ed thlltwith a simple electric ll~ht properly enclosed,excelhmt shadowgraphs can be taken of theskeletonlc framework, in some cases better thanwith the former elaborate apparatus.

So It is with our spiritual natures and soul~ro\Vth. It is found that the elimination ofold. obscure ceremonial, the true meaning ofwhich is lost and perhaps outgrown, leaves thefield clear for the appllcatlon direct of thesimpler and more easily applled factors of in­troSJlection, concentration ,and the more rapiddevelopment of true spiritual insight: for thisis a trul)' psychic a~e in spite of its appa~ent

materialism, and the ('hild of today knows mOl"eabout the inner subtler properties of the 110­man "ehlcle than his parents when of similarage.

Wblle the earlier spiritual scientists util"zc,lpentacles and other geometrical forms andformulas as meaos of concentration. just as­the modern clergy use antiquated and sometimesnow meaningless ceremonial forms as rellgiou:imantras and stimuli, the modern Rosicrucianspreser\"e in their ceremonIal work only suchforms as have been proven to have distinct oc­cult values and practical merit. In ensurlns; unl­formit)· of thought. action and Intent duringtheir Convocations. This is one point of de­parture from orthodoxy and standard ecclesias­ticism. . True. spiritual science and academicscience progress and tal.e note of the progore3­Rional development of the buman mind. TheChurch seems unfortunately to be content withthe supernaturalism of nearly two thousandyearfil of propaganda and expects the advan<.-edmind of toda)' to be content with the mil'acleworship of nineteen centul'les paNt. Th's meansthat in many cases the pews are in advance ofthe chancels, for many regular adherent.~ oforthodox church attendance secretly maintaintheir own private personal views and conceptsoften widely at variance with the teachln~s ofthe "Church of their Fathers," wblle renderingas "In good form" outward complaisance withthe Church as a still desirable. social and moralinstitution. This means a general wealceninsrof the religious fibre of modern life as Is evi­denced In the moral laxity of the times inmany ways.

Radiata,A Pol~'pEl, :Marine organisms, corals.n Acalephs.c Star-fish, Sea Urchins, etc.

1\Iollu8ca,I> Acephala (Oysters, and shell fish).E Gasteropods (Snails).P' Cephalopoda.

Articulata,a \VorlllEl,

In thil'l very fact. the Rosicruciall spe:" an II Crufltacea, (Lobsters, etc.)imtlortant development, none other than that of I Insecta,the "\\'or1(\ Soul." Just as the Three-fol<1Spirit reactl1l unon the Thr~e-fold Bod~' extract- Vertebratn,hiP.' therefrom the I':ssence known as the Thre"'· J Fishe~.foln Soul. so the Great Ch..iEltoR or Sun Snlrlt R Reptiles,Indrawn into its Ph)'sical Vehicle the Earth. is •• Birdl1l,extl'actlng tlterefl'OID the Planetary Soulal' l\I Mammals, (Including 1\Ian.)

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The religious side of Rosicrucianism may. b:!summed up in this, "To know God, by know:n:;hiR Image, Man." To Live right. think right,act right, and to seek at-one-ment with theGreat Spirit which works in all and through all.

Resume of States of Consciousness.Heindel gave an excellent summary of the

states of consciousness tbro:Jgh which t::ee\"olving Ufe forms hae,' passed, ~;)rrelated witbthe proper Periods,-

Saturn Unconsciousness corl'esponding todeep trance.

Sun Unconsciousness resembling d:-eam­less sleep.

1\loon Picture consciousness, correspond­ing to dream state.

EarthJupiter

Venus

Vulcan-

\Vaking, objective consciousness.Self-conscious picture conscious·ness.Objective, Self-conscious, Creativeconsciousness.Highest Spiritual Consciousness.

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&.0'" g~f".'1 - E".fe~ ."tle~\)..uC'e"The Good Friday Ritual and the Symbolic Closing of all Colleges of tbe Oro~r In America.

was accomplished by the ImperatoI.', assisted hy Rt.· .\\'. ". Fr. Paracelsus. lXo as Celebrantand V.' .W. '. Fr. Flrmus, IXo. as Acoh·te at the House of thc S.· .S. . The Th~logtcnl Classpartlcipnted in the lUte. The usun) Enstcl' Opening Ceremonial wus held Sunday 1\Iornlnl;.April 4th.

e •••e.e'RofeTHE ZELATOR DJo~G)U~K 1°.10°. will be ('t)uferretl in April at a dnte to be announced Jater.

All who are to qualify for this De~rec should begin work on the stud~' of their examinations atonce. The De.ttree will be conferrel! solely on the basis of 50% attendance In the class to whichthe candidate has been assigned, dating frolll the time of his assignment: also 70% average classrating.

1JpfJrfJ e .....cfl e ...."'''UfC'''ff.~On Sunday, March 21st. the Vernal Equinox, Jl,t the Stated Conslstor)' of the Soci~tas Rosi·

cruCliana In America, the following Fraters were Raised nnd Crowned with the Sublime. Perfectand Ineffable Ninth Degree, of Prince Chief Adept:

Charles Arthur Logan, MOl'ganton, N. C., Washington College.Frederick "'llliam Schlieder, New York City, Metropolitan College.

The Degree was conferred b)' the Imperator. assisted by the fonowing cast:Senior Magus, (Acting) V.' .W.. _Fl'. Patricius, IXo.Junior Magus, Itt.' .\V.·. Fr. Paracelsus, IXo, and V.' .W.· •

Fr. Cronus. IXo.C. of O. and K.O.S: V.' .W.· .Fr. Reftcio, IXo.Her. and K.O.W. V.' .W.· .Fr. Firmus, IXo.Prec. and Anc. Itt.' :\V.·. 1"1'. Parac~1flUs, txo.Entr. Ill. Fr. Dion)'sius, 9°_2°.

The Consistory was Opened in full cCl'cmonlal form at _9 :00 A.M. and closed at 4 :45 P.M.V...W. '. Fr.' Patricius was the Celebrant, assisted by V; ..W.·. Ft. Firmus as Deacon:

On Sunday, March 28th (Palm SundfU') a D.elegation of High CCouncll and Ninth Degreemcmbel'~ visited and decorated the graves of our late Fraters Bohme (Robertson) and Lincoln

. (McLean). The former Is interl-ed at Parsippany, N. J., the latter at Fairview, Hudson Heights,N. J.

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Df~ecf.~'1.

The One Hundred and Twentieth Stated Convocation of Metropolitan CollegeS:.R ·.I:.A:., will be held in the Adytum, 310 Lenox Avenue

Between 125th. and 1!6th. Streets, opposite lB5th. Street station, LonolD .4.116. Subway.

Friday Evening, April 9, 1920, at 8.00 P. M. preciselyI'a'.~.:

Neophytes' Class instructor v. Wor. Fr. Reficio IXoElemcntary R081crucian Phlloso)lhy. No. 12.

Subject: "ROSICRUCIANISM: AND RELIGION.". TIlls Class will meet at 8 P.M., on Wednesday, April 14, in Room 1429 Masonic Temple, 24th St.

'I'nke Elevators from 24th Street entrance.Junior Hermetic Class lnstructor. Rt. Wore Fr. Paracelsus IXo

Subject: No. 10, "PUTREFACTIO:'Senior Class. . ..... Instructor, Fr. K.

Subject: "THE ROSICRUCIAN FIRE DOCTRINE:'

I'lJe ZOlJeoloGle.,1 ela••Convenes 011 .thc 1st and 3rd Thursdll~'S of the month at 712 West lROth Sheet at 8 :30 P.M.

April 15,-ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

••f~••••f~... en••••~r. Progressla 9°-2°.

2nd and 4th Tuesdays. 712 West 180th Street.OLASS OONVENES AT 8:00 P. M. PRECISELY. PLKASE BE PROMPT._a....f~ ".tf~~••

THE TWENTY-NIN'.l'H UEGULAR VOYAGE AND DINNER OF l\fIo."'TROPOI~ITAN LODGl!}NO. I, ARK MARINER MASONS, will be held at the Au Coq Gaulois, 32 West 57th Street, Man­hattan, at 7 :30 o'clock \Vednesda)' April 21.

.ec ff ff.MetropOlitan College acknowledJ:es fllIeJ:Ianee to the l\[agl and Officers of the High Council of theAocietas Roslcruciana In America and Affilillted Councils. as the SO"ereign Source of the RosicrucianArt In the United States of America. 'I'he Housc of the S.· .S. '. of this Obedience Is at presentsituate in the the City of New York.

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